Kevin spent 10 years working with hospice patients,  their caregivers and extended families before opening Ferris Counseling Services: Integrating Mind, Body, Spirit in 2002 - a private practice focused on clients with life-threatening illness, grief, and other issues involving loss and transition.  She also speaks publicly on many topics and teaches and advocates for Financial Wellness as a necessary component to any stress reduction program. The keystone to Kevin’s clinical approach is Mindfulness – utilizing the tools of meditation, guided imagery, and body awareness exercises, among others. Her favorite quote (by Alan Cohen) is: “History is NOT Destiny...”

Jeff has a private psychotherapy practice in the Central West End, where he sees individuals, couples and families.  His specializes in grief and loss; caregiver stress; and depression and anxiety resulting from long-term illnesses.

Jeff graduated from Washington University’s George Warren Brown School of Social Work with an MSW degree (emphasis in gerontology and mental health) in 1992.  He completed the Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy program at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute in 2002.  He joined the staff of The Wellness Community of St. Louis in early 2007.